Sliding shoe for furniture



F. W. SMITH.

SLIDING SHOE FOR FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED oqr. 2. 1919."

Patented July 27, 1920.

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PATENT O-FFl 'CE UNITED STATES..-

FRIEND W. SMITH, F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 THE-'BASSICKCOMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

SLIDING SHOE FOR FURNITURE.

Application filed October 2, 1919.

of the invention such as will enable others i 7 skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in asliding shoe for furniture, and it has for its principal object toprovide a shoe with a pintle having pivotal and swivel connectiontherewith.

Further, the invention resides in an economical and simplifiedconstruction capable of easy and expeditious assemblage, and a shoedesigned to contain an insecticide for keeping away bugs and insects.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a shoe embodying the presentinvention and depicting the pintle in elevation.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the top or cover plate of the shoe;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified form of theinvention;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the modified shoe.

In the preferred formthe shoe comprises a cup or bowl-shaped body 1,which may be cast, a convex cover top plate 2 and a pintle 3, the latterpassing through a larger opening 4 in the cover plate whereby it mayhave limited pivotal swing relative thereto. The lower end of the pintleis provided with a head 5 having a convex bearing face normally restingon the bottom of the bowlshaped body for rocking or rolling motion asdefined by the opening 4. Adjacent its bottom the body has its insidewall formed with an annular groove or channel 6 into which theperipheral edge or lip 7 of the cover plate may be sprung or pressed,said lip possessing sufiicient resiliency to yield as it is forced downthe inclined side wall of the body into the groove. To augment itsresiliency the cover plate may be provided Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 27, 1920.

Serial No. 327,900.

with a series of radial slits 8 extending through the lip.

It is evident, therefore, that the cover plate retains the parts of theshoe together and holds the pintle against dislodgment while permittingrocking movement thereof by reason of the enlarged plate opening 4 andthe rounded head bearing on the bottom of the bowl.

In this construction as shown, not only is a cheap and serviceablesliding shoe afforded but insecticide may be poured into the bowl and upthrough the slits and thus provide an excellent insect proof shoe.

The lip 7 may be omitted and the lower rounded edge of the cover alateinterlocked with the annular groove by springing it into position,although the lip provides an additional securement.

In the modified construction the shoe is made from sheet metal, the body9 has its upper edge curled inwardly to provide an annular pocket 10inproximity to said edge, and the peripheral edge of the cover plate 11is sprung into the pocket; or, the upper edge of the body 9 may berolled in over the cover plate after positioning the latter in saidbody. Radial slits may or may not be provided in the cover plate toincrease its resiliency.

That is claimed is.

l. A sliding shoe for furniture, comprising a bowl-shaped body having anannular groove in its inner side wall, a convex cover plate having itsperipheral edge portion engaged in the groove and formed centrally withan aperture, and a pintle passed through the aperture and bearing on thebottom of the body.

2. A sliding shoe for furniture, comprising a bowlshaped body having anannular groove in its inner side wall, a convex cover plate having itsperipheral edge portion engaged in the groove and formed centrally withanaperture, and a pintle of considerably less diameter than the apertureand passing therethrough, said pintle having a roundedhead bearing onthe bottom of the body.

3. A sliding shoe for furniture comprising a bowl-shaped body having itsinner Wall In testimony whereof I affix my signature provided with alocking shoulder, a cover in presence of two Witnesses.

plate having its peripheral edge portion en- FRIEND W SMITH gagedagainst said shoulder and formed With 5 a central aperture, and a pintlepassed Witnesses:

through the aperture and bearing on the E. J. Oo'roN,

bottom of said body. M. T. LONGDON.

